How to enter value in input text without send_keys() in Selenium Python?

Selenium Python - Enter value in input text field without send_keys()

In this tutorial, you will learn how to enter a value in an input text box without using send_keys() method in Selenium Python, but using execute_script() method.

To enter a value in an input text field in Selenium Python without using the send_keys() method, you can use execute_script() method of the driver object and execute a JavaScript code that sets value of the input text field.

Steps to enter value in input text field without send_keys()

  1. Find the input text box element in the web page using driver.find_element() method.
  2. Call execute_script() method on the driver object, and pass the JavaScript code as argument. We can also pass addition arguments to the execute_script() method which in turn are passed to the JavaScript code.
value = "Apple"
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].value = '" + value + "'", input_field)

Example

In the following example, we initialize a Chrome webdriver, navigate to a specific URL that contains a form element with a couple of input text boxes, take the screenshot, enter a value in the input text field whose id is "fname" using execute_script() method, and then take the screenshot again.

Python Program

from selenium import webdriver
from webdriver_manager.chrome import ChromeDriverManager
from selenium.webdriver.chrome.service import Service as ChromeService
from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By

# Setup chrome driver
driver = webdriver.Chrome(service=ChromeService(ChromeDriverManager().install()))
driver.set_window_size(500, 500)

# Navigate to the url
driver.get('/tmp/selenium/index-37.html')

# Find input text box
input_text_box_1 = driver.find_element(By.ID, 'fname')

# Take a screenshot before entering a value
driver.save_screenshot("screenshot-1.png")

# Enter a value in the input text box
value = "Apple"
driver.execute_script("arguments[0].value = '" + value + "'", input_text_box_1)

# Take a screenshot after entering a value
driver.save_screenshot("screenshot-2.png")

# Close the driver
driver.quit()

HTML File

The HTML file at URL: /tmp/selenium/index-37.html

<html>
 <body>
  <h1>My Form</h1>
  <form action="" id="myform">
    <label for="fname">First name:</label>
    <input type="text" id="fname" name="fname"><br><br>
    <label for="lname">Last name:</label>
    <input type="text" id="lname" name="lname"><br><br>
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
  </form>
 </body>
</html>

screenshot-1.png - Before setting the value in input text field

Selenium Python - Enter value in input text field without send_keys() - Before image

screenshot-2.png - After setting the value in input text field

Selenium Python - Enter value in input text field without send_keys() - After image

Summary

In this Python Selenium tutorial, we have given instructions on how to enter a value in an input text box without using send_keys() method. Instead, we used execute_script() method of the driver object.